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Abandoned Granite Quarry

Past Producer in Lincoln county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Stone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078900
MRDS ID W027600
Record type Site
Current site name Abandoned Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.10509, 35.45788 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Relative position 6.5 KM SLIGHTLY EAST OF DUE NORTH OF ALEXIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowesville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Lincoln

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE, WESTERN PART OF CHARLOTTE BELT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CRUSHED STONE OF GRANITIC ROCK

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL,SPECTROCHEMICAL AND MODAL ANALYSES OF COMPOSITE SAMPLE OF YORKVILLE QUARTZ MONZONITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.10509, 35.45788
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lincolnton Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY A SMALL QUARRY FOR LOCAL NEEDS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ENORMOUS MASSIVE BODY OF ROCK REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED HARD ROCK QUARRY

Comments on development

  • COARSE-GRAINED PORPHYRITIC TEXTURE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    ESPENSHADE, 1960 ; SAMPLE NO. NG - 438

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., 1960 , KYANITE, SILLIMANITE, AND ANDALUSITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN STATES, USGS, PP. 336 , TEXT 121 P., GEOL. MAP AT 1:24,000 , PLATE 8 , LOCATES QUARRY, ANALYSIS P. 71 , 72

  • Deposit

    QUARRY SITE IN LOWESVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOMAP ESPENSHADE, GEOLOG

  • Production

    ESPENSHADE, 1960

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE IGNEOUS BODY KILOMETERS LONG AND WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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